Hivewyre Reviews

The rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated. We’re going to make it a requirement that all prospective employees read our negative reviews. Our recent ratings have merit and it’s important that any prospective employee understands why they do and what our culture is all about. We have aggressive goals that weren’t being met, but we felt with a new approach we could attain them. Thus, the major shift was having fewer sales associates with higher expectations. But this change in staff numbers was balanced by increase compensation to all existing team members, as well as to attract talent who could reach these goals. With this new model, we could have simply made unilateral decisions for certain team members, but we decided, if a team member so chose, to allow everyone a chance to meet the new expectations set forth. Yes, without a doubt altering expectations is trying for any organization, especially an early stage company, but we believe being agile in our growth is why we will continue to flourish as a company. Our culture is one of autonomy and accountability. We choose to focus on the end result and not the journey. With no micromanagement comes more freedom, which not everyone can handle, ultimately. If you don’t hit your numbers, most likely you’ll be asked to leave. Understand that commitments (i.e., numbers) are not ultimatums thrown over the shoulders of our sales reps like yokes on oxen, they are negotiated based on data we have on building a successful book of business. Yes, it takes at least a year for a sales rep to build a solid book, but it by no means takes months to figure out if someone can fit into our environment, which allows you no set time to come and go, while also giving you the latitude to vacation as much as you desire. We expect and encourage sales reps to work hard, smart and to leverage all the talent and experience we have at Hivewyre - those who do end up having success here. Since making these changes what has occurred at Hivewyre? • Unfortunately, many individuals were not successful in meeting the new expectations. Some did rise to the occasion and are currently ‘crushing it!” • Morale is definitely on the upswing and we are starting to feel much more like the family we originally had. • We’re experiencing record level revenues. • Our average revenue per sales rep has almost doubled. • We’re going to institute a more rigorous interview process to help ensure it’s a fit. I’m hopeful we can do a much better job. This will include reading our negative reviews on Glassdoor. I never enjoyed having an ex-girlfriend tell me, “It’s not you, it’s me”. I understand the anger and animosity. It’s better to act quickly when you know it’s not a fit, confront it head-on and from the heart, so that the other person can move forward to their “career true-love”. All too often, we feel it’s more caring to drag things out and stay in that “unhealthy zone”. That’s for those old-school companies that can afford to be mediocre. Regarding comments about our product offering: The majority of our clients measure the value we bring via real-time data and analytics tools. If our product didn’t deliver, we wouldn’t be here. We’ll let our existing and future results speak for us. Everything else is just conjecture. Please take some time and check out our blog, we’re very transparent about our goals and results. You’ll see that the rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated. It’s good to know the coffee is appreciated.

This review failed to mention the company’s torture chamber. We’ve done a couple of other responses regarding the transition the company has gone through. We feel it’s always important to provide transparency into our company, our performance and the decisions we make. If you’re interested, please read those to understand the company’s perspective. We make no apologies for only wanting A-players to be part of our team. We offer a flexible environment where you can set your own schedule and vacation time is not tracked. It takes a specific kind of personality that can self-motivate with that level of freedom. It’s true, our targets are aggressive, but they’re also doable. That said, while hitting your targets is obviously the goal of any team member we bring on, we are not a house of monsters (contrary to the reviewers post)! If you’re not hitting your goals but are showing the ability to self-motivate, build a proper pipeline and have an excellent work ethic, you will be given the time to succeed. o Since our recent changes, we’re happy to report the following: o Freedom to do your job the way you see fit. One of, if not, the most important aspects to happiness is having autonomy in the workplace. We haven’t lost a team member that wasn’t asked to leave. o Last month we were at 125% of our budget and anticipate similar results going forward. See our recent posts on this and check for future posts as we are as transparent as possible with our performance. o We are hiring contrary to this post. We have approximately 8 positions open now and we anticipate starting a third sales team very soon. We have implemented new practices with our hiring with the goal of ensuring team members we bring on board are a fit. o We are not in the process of selling the company and our founder does not have a history of downsizing in order to sell. In fact, when his last company was acquired we had an aggressive hiring schedule. This market does not reward cutting expenses to increase the bottom line, it rewards growth. o We have increased salaries for sales positions across the board. Income levels for our team members have also increased significantly. If you’re interested in making 6 figures, you’re welcome to interview and talk to our team members who are hitting this mark and learn how they do it. o We are a profitable company and will continue to be, even with the hiring schedule we have. We’re passionate about our product and the value we provide our clients. Our core team is excited about welcoming new team members who have a passion and drive to meet and exceed their own personal goals…We just make sure we keep the torture chamber hidden for the first couple of weeks ☺